| Titre : | Automatic aircraft cargo load planning (2012) |
| Auteurs : | S. Limbourg, Auteur ; M. Schyns, Auteur ; G. Laporte, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Journal of the operational research society (JORS) (Vol. 63 N° 9, Septembre 2012) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 1271–1283 |
| Note générale : | Operational research |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 001.424 |
| Tags : | Mixed integer programming Cargo aircraft Unit load devices Weight and balance Moment of inertia Fuel economy |
| Résumé : | The goal of this paper is the development of a new mixed integer linear program designed for optimally loading a set of containers and pallets into a compartmentalised cargo aircraft. It is based on real-world problems submitted by a professional partner. This model takes into account strict technical and safety constraints. In addition to the standard goal of optimally positioning the centre of gravity, we also propose a new approach based on the moment of inertia. This double goal implies an increase in aircraft efficiency and a decrease in fuel consumption. Cargo loading generally remains a manual, or at best a computer-assisted, and time-consuming task. A fully automatic software was developed to quickly compute optimal solutions. Experimental results show that our approach achieves better solutions than manual planning, within only a few seconds. |
| DEWEY : | 001.424 |
| ISSN : | 0160-5682 |
| En ligne : | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v63/n9/abs/jors2011134a.html |
